Cycling on RailsAnother important feature is the live system showing the number of free spots per row, and extends to street signs even further away in town. A core aspect of accessibility!
And now a little sub-thread about the bicycle garage at Utrecht's Central Station. One cannot write about cycling & rails in the Netherlands without mentioning it!
The main garage open in 2019 has 12500 parking spots, making it the largest in the world! See the official description on the city's website: https://www.utrecht.nl/city-of-utrecht/mobility/cycling/bicycle-parking/bicycle-parking-stationsplein
Obviously, bringing this many bicycles on board trains wouldn't scale for commuter traffic, even if trains suddenly had 100 bicycle spots each.
Bicycle parking Stationsplein | gemeente Utrecht
Some 22,000 high-quality bicycle parking places will be realised at the largest public-transport hub in the Netherlands. In the new Utrecht Central Station area, near the public-transport terminal, these parking places will be divided over five large bicycle parking